Quick Facts
Scientific Name :
Devario pathirana
Common Name :
Barred Danio
Description
2inchec in maximum length (Victoria L. Pritchard, 2001) The fish is having visible colour patterns containing of some 7-11 irregular, parallel, dark blue vertical bars on the anterior part of the sides and a short longitudinal stripe on caudal peduncle (Kottelat and Pethiyagoda, 1990). Barred Danio lives in natural habitats in freshwater benthopelagic environments and distributed in Asia, Nilwala River basin, Opatha, Sri Lanka (Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl, 1997).
Varieties
Details of the varieties
Probably feeds on insects. Egg scattering free spawners exhibiting no parental care. (Victoria L. Pritchard, 2001)
Major Coloration